Pressing iron



PRES SING IRON Filed Oct. 2, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTQR' Wis s U m N w m a H fl A d 3. s m a 5 L s.

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PRESSING IRON Filed Oct. 2, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v 1 25 III ZIL,

INVENTOR WITNESSES Samuel ,Uowz'rAS/y Fig.4 is a vertical sectional w r I iron disclosingan embodiment of the. invention, thesamebeing taken onthe line l--'I;of Fig. 2;

v I through Fig.1 1, ap-., proximately on the line] Q2 Patented Jan. 27, i

' I invention relates to npressing I particularly to an improvement over"'my .'rrior Patent No. 2,12 3,002 and rr'iyz'pending application SerialNo'. 251,683fan' object ,of 'the invention.being to provide an improved ste'ar'n-heating block yti abq tsiSandTQ QSfi S h i mi nectionj withthe' valvei 0. The hand adjusting inembers u and lure wherein a low grade steam or water. maybe led v into the block and discharged as superheated we Another. object of, the iifi niiee 1.35 to provide asteameheating block formed fromasingle-castapted to adjust or'cdnj observed that 'whenthe l'e'yer ljli's depressed it *spi'ingjil. This will o vane l0 morejor' less ing and provided witha pluralityaof steam-heating chambers inone plane and ,s a h fii s passageways in a parallel planerwithf'ports connecting these chambers, and passageways so that wateror steam entering at one point will follow in successive order and be dischargedat another;

point.

IA, further object o f inva iti i s to made an I. improved arrangement of valves and valve controiq for controlling the passage voffst'eam from. one steam-heating Tchaniber another. In the accompanying .draw ings through an T Fig. 2 is a sectionalview Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view Fig. 1 onthe line 3-3, the same showing the arrangement of the steam-heating passageways' embodying certainieatures of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view through I Fig. 2 approximately on the line 4- -4;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 2 on the line 55; v

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 1, approximately onthe line 68;

a Fig. 7 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 3 but showing a slightly modified arrangement of passageways.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals! indicates a block which is a metal casting and maybe cast of different kinds of metal, as for instance, aluminum, iron, and the like. This block is arranged in a casing 2 which is identical with'that disclosed in my pending application above referred to. Arranged below the block i is a base 3, also identical with that shown in my prior pending application. The base 3 is provided with superheating chambers l having outlets 5. A tubular threaded member 6 pro-- vides communication between the passageway ,1 and a transverse superheating chamber 4' which distributes steam to the various chambers 4. The

raise thetstopior, abutment- IS-and compress the according to the movement offlthe leverllw In casa' t hould b s t 'dia hP dYfiIV' l p constantly to eithera large oh-a'fs'mall extent,

Imember I l 'wquld 'be"screwed"downuntil it presses j against the shoulder l I and thereby swings lever i 3ga dsired distance to hold ithev'alve'll open. The, screw or member J2 isfadapted to strike a H shoulder flj! on'a casting andlimitthe down this is ward swingingv movement of "lever It: 'Ushally usd only when the member I l is not em- From 'Fi'g 's. r ads t will be observed that water from any 'desifredsource is adapted :to pass 'into the; pipe! I through the coil pipe 12," and I thence through ajtubular' fittingii into the inlet 'porti fl'ias shownjin Fig1f4. "As thecoil pipe 22 r is near the remainingparitfof the 'i'ro'nQWater .passi'ns'through this coilwillhecome'heated and 'rnay ev'en'nbe' converted into 'a low?qualityor grade of steam. Conseqjiently, hot water'or low grade steamis "dischargedinto'th'e inlet port 24.

- The inlet port 24 merges into a tubular passagethe block could be cast around tubes-or certain portions of the passageways could be drilled way 25 which extends around the edge of the side across the front; near the other side across the backand merges into a right-angled portion which, in turn, merges into an outlet port 21, I

as shown in Fig. 7. ,The passageway 25, as well as the ,ports 24 and 21, are preferably formed by coring when the block I is cast, but if desired and the outer parts closed with plugs. Preferably, however, the passageways are cast and usually after the sand is removed the passageways are more or less rough. This provides an increased surface contacting with the steam for more'quickly heating the same. The steam from the passageway 25 is discharged through the port 21 into the first steam-heating chamber '28 where it is further heated and then passes through the construction Just described in'regardto base I, valve 'struc'turesl 0 into the second steam-heating steam in the superheating chamber 29 may quickly flow into the superheating chambers 4 and 4' and then be discharged through the outlet jets or passages 5.

It will be observed that the block I is cast in one piece and that all the chambers or passageways therein are formed in this casting so that as the electric heater 8 functions block I will be heated and, in turn, will provide the desired heat for the steam as it passes from one chamber to the other.- It will be noted that the steam accumulates in passageway? and the heating chamber 28 and is allowed in chamber 29 only intermittently unless valve I0 is held open. a

In Fig. '1 a slightly modified formor block I is" disclosed. This block is identical with block l'except for the passage which is provided with a slight offset 31 in the rear, passageway 32,and insteadvof the passageway 26 there is provided 'a second rear passageway 33, which merges into a side passageway 34 and a transverse passageway v 35. The outlet end of passageway 35 has anoutlet port similar to port 21 shown in Fig. 5 and thereby discharges into the chamber 28. This provides a greater or rather longer path for the flow of steam and, consequently, permits the'steamto absorb more of thehea't units before the stream is discharged into the heating chamber I claim: t i

1. A pressing iron including a base havingsu perheating chambers therein and having discharge orifices in the bottom of the iron leading from ,said

superheating chambers, a block fixedinlsaid base having a first heating chamber, a second heating chamber, said first and second heating chambers extending substantially throughout said 'blockin the same plane, and a primary heating passageway below said heating chamberssaid passageway extending near each side edge join the block, across the back of the block, and to a point below the first heating chamber; an d;

auxiliary passageway extending from-one end of the first-mentioned passagewayto said first heating chamber, a manually operated valve controlling communication between said first heating chamber and said second heating chamber; means for supplying low grade steam to said first-mentioned passageway, said block and said base having said inlet port enters;

communicating passages therein connecting said second heating chamber with the superheating chambers in the base, and an electric heating element in the base below said block serving to heat both the base and the block.

2. In a pressing iron, a steam heating block comprising a casting having first and second steam heating chambers in the same plane, valved means controlling communication between said chamber'sfar'i inlet port leading from a point on the surface of the casting to a point below'the plane of said chambers, a steam heating tubular passageway having its inlet end merging into said inlet port, said passageway being in a plane parallel to but below the plane or said chambers and adjacent the sides, front and rear edges or the block, said passageway following the general outline of the block with the discharge end portion extending at right angles to the rear edge or the block, said endportion' having a section extendjing parallel to said inlet port' sald siection open- 'ing into said first steam heating chamber and an outlet, passageway leading from said second steam heating chamber to thooppositesurface to where 3."A pressing iron including a base having super-heating chambers therein and having discharge orifices in thebottom of the iron leading from""said superheating' chambers, a block fixed in said-"base having a first heating chamher, a second heating chamber; said first and secondjheating char'nbers v extending 'substantially throughout "said [block in the same pla'ne, and a primary heating'passageway below said heating chambers; said passageway extendin'g near each side edge of the 'block, across the'bacl; of the block; and to a point below the first heating chamber, an auxiliary passageway extending from one" end of the first mentioned passageway to said first heating chamber, a manually operated valve controlling communication between said first heating chamber and said second heating chamber, means for supplying low grade steam tosaid'first-rnentioned passageway, said block and said base having communieating passages thereinconnectihg' said second heating chamber-with thesuperheating chambers in the base, and means to heat the baseand the block. 

